A Chance to Course Correct in Chapel Hill
Reposted with Permission from Public Ed Works CHAPEL HILL (January 29, 2026) – The resignation of John Preyer from the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees1 creates an opening for the university to move away from unnecessary politicization and divisive overreach. Embracing shared governance and proven best practices would not only strengthen institutional credibility, but reaffirm the […]
Happy Holidays from The Coalition for Carolina
Friends, Happy holidays from all of us at the Coalition for Carolina. This year was an action-packed one for UNC and higher education, and we thank you for standing with us through the ups and downs. We also want to use this final note of the year to remember former Governor Jim Hunt, who passed […]
Giving Thanks for Carolina
Friends, The Thanksgiving season is upon us, and we want to wish you a very happy holiday from all of us at the Coalition for Carolina. We hope you get to spend some quality time with family and friends and reflect on what is most important. We are thankful for all of you who read […]
PETITION: Reject the Trump Compact
We recently wrote to you about the Trump administration’s new “compact” with universities. We promised to keep you updated, and there’s much to report. As a refresher, on Oct. 1, the Trump administration sent a 10-page “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education” to nine of the nation’s top universities, including the University of Arizona, the […]
Carolina Receives Top Marks
We are happy to share some good news this week. For the 21st-straight year, UNC-Chapel Hill ranked as the No. 1 best value among public universities by the U.S. News & World Report and No. 4 overall among public institutions. The University also received many other top marks for 2026, including: These rankings come on […]
FDOC: First Day of Class. First Day of Crisis.
It’s a great day (and week) to be a Tar Heel! Thousands of students have descended on campus to start the 2025-2026 school year. It should certainly be an interesting one. Many of us have fond memories of arriving on campus for the first time – getting settled in our dorms, making new friends and […]
Carolina’s Accreditation – Bring Your Own Referee?
We received overwhelming response to last week’s newsletter about recent threats to the independence of Carolina’s alumni association. This week, we wanted to cover another topic that has been in the news recently but perhaps isn’t getting the attention it deserves: the overhaul of university accreditation. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on […]
Carolina Alumni’s Independence is Under Fire
Just as Carolina is the oldest public university in the country, Carolina Alumni (previously known as the UNC General Alumni Association) is the oldest independent alumni association, founded in 1843 by 31 UNC graduates, including Governor John Motley Morehead. Despite its independence, the association keeps close ties to the University – including being headquartered on […]
Our Future with AI
If you’re like most people, you probably find the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) a bit scary, exciting and confusing all at the same time. Chancellor Lee Roberts has made AI a central pillar to Carolina’s future, and we are fortunate to have many on faculty and staff at Carolina who are experts in this […]
Next Week’s Webinar and Roberts’s Remarks on Research
Join us for our next webinar: Teaching and Using Artificial Intelligence at UNC-CH Monday, June 2, 2025 at 3:30pm ET RSVP HERE Roberts’s remarks on research: At the Coalition for Carolina, we’ve been forcefully advocating for leadership at a time of great uncertainty for Carolina and institutions of higher education. This past week, we were […]